After completing The Lord of the Rings trilogy and winning multiple Academy Awards, Peter Jackson could likely have made just about any movie he wanted. He chose to remake one of the all-time great movies, King Kong.

30 Great Westerns examines the most influential and historically important Westerns, from The Covered Wagon (1924) and The Iron Horse (1925) to High Plains Drifter (1973) and Unforgiven (1992). These are the Westerns that all fans of the genre should be familiar with. articles by Grant Tracey, Gary Johnson, Elizabeth Abele, John Nudge, and Craig J. Fischer.